Lister

Lis·ter  (lstr), Joseph. First Baron Lister. 1827-1912.

British surgeon. He demonstrated in 1865 that carbolic acid was an effective antiseptic agent, decreasing postoperative fatalities from infection.

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list·er  (lstr)

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A plow equipped with a double moldboard that turns up the soil on each side of the furrow, often having an attached drill for seed planting.

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lister [ˈlɪstə]

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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) US and Canadian Agriculture a plough with a double mouldboard designed to throw soil to either side of a central furrow Also called lister plough middlebreaker middle buster

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Lister [ˈlɪstə]

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(Biographies / Lister, Joseph, 1st Baron Lister (1827-1912) M, British, MEDICINE: surgeon, MEDICINE: surgeon) Joseph, 1st Baron Lister. 1827-1912, British surgeon, who introduced the use of antiseptics

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Lister  (lstr), First Baron. Title of Joseph Lister 1827-1912.

British surgeon who, influenced by Pasteur's germ theory of disease, established in 1865 a system of antiseptic measures in hospitals to combat infections. His practices dramatically decreased the number by deaths caused by infection and were gradually adopted in hospitals throughout Europe.

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Noun	1.	Lister - English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912) Baron Lister, Joseph Lister
	2.	lister - assessor who makes out the tax lists assessor, tax assessor - an official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it
	3.	lister - moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow lister plough, lister plow, middle buster, middlebreaker moldboard plow, mouldboard plough - plow that has a moldboard